Newsletter: "2018: The Prophetic Year in Review" - Part One (January 11, 2019)

[Linda O'Donnell]

News from Hal Lindsey Media Ministries (This was copied from an email that I received on January 11th)

January 11th, 2019

At the beginning of each year, it is my practice on "The Hal Lindsey Report" to review the previous year and highlight both major and minor events or developments that I believe have prophetic significance.

This week, I'll present Part One of "2018: The Prophetic Year in Review."

At the beginning of his masterpiece, A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens wrote: "It was the best of times. It was the worst of times."

Wow! He could have been writing about the United States of America in 2018. All we ever hear is that it is the worst of times. Reality says that, in many ways, it has been the best of times.

Off-the-charts employment -- for all racial groups -- and increasing wages. A booming economy as manufacturing returns to the US. "Merry Christmas!" is back. We regularly hear God's name invoked in public by our top leaders. There has been a resurgence of respect for America's strength and leadership around the world. In many ways, it seems like America is becoming America again.

Yet 2018 was also a year of constant rage. Especially in the media. There was an uptick in the number of mass killings. Protests turned violent. Political rhetoric burned red-hot. Accusations of harassment, rape, racism, even murder, were flung willy-nilly, often without a hint of real proof. Lives were turned upside down, or ruined, for political gain. America's moral foundation continued to crumble. Censorship and persecution emerged from the shadows.

But these things were not just limited to the United States. It is happening all over the world. There were record levels of drug use and record numbers of suicides. Political turmoil has become the norm, not the exception, in nations across the world.

In some ways, these developments could describe past years, but there seems to be an increased sense of urgency and anxiety across the world as 2019 dawns. But then, we know to expect that. Jesus warned us that it would be this way as the time of His return to earth approached.

On this week's program, I will discuss some of those things -- many of them downplayed in the media -- that contribute to this sense that the world is spinning out of control. I will look at the sinister collusion of the world's most famous and powerful technology firms as they lay the groundwork for the coming Antichrist.

Two of them, Facebook and Apple, were exposed by the media for their deceptive practices and their collusion with foreign communist and repressive dictatorships. As a result, both of these firms lost massive amounts of value -- mind-boggling sums -- and have brought the world to the brink of financial catastrophe. Yet the upper leadership of neither firm has been held accountable for those actions. (Probably because they are closely allied with the Left in America and the globalist forces worldwide.)

Jesus warned of increased "pestilence" near the end of this Age of Grace. Throughout the year, I reported on the rise of antibiotic-resistant "superbugs," but 2018 also saw an increase in another form of pestilence: computer viruses and cyber warfare malware. And just like a physical virus, they spread exponentially and with increasing speed until stopped. And with the world's increased -- and in some case near total -- dependence on computers, these viruses literally put billions of lives at stake.

In 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a new generation of nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed missiles. With almost unlimited range and frightening speed, these new missiles ratcheted up the existential threat that Russia poses to the world. Though the initial tests were unsuccessful, near the end of the year, it appears the Russians may have figured out their problems.

Many analysts and military experts are predicting that this may ignite a new Cold War. Undeniably, a new global arms race.

That includes the European Union where its two most powerful leaders are calling for the creation of an Army of Europe. French President Emmanuel Macron is promoting the idea so that Europe can protect itself from Russia, China, and... the United States. Apparently, we've moved from friend to foe in Macron's globalist imagination.

But we shouldn't be surprised. Bible prophecy indicates that the Antichrist will emerge from Europe and, of course, he'll need his own powerful military machine. As we say each week at the top of the Report: "Yesterday's prophecies. Today's headlines."

In 2018, President Donald Trump made good on his campaign promise to withdrew the United States from the insidious Iran nuclear deal. Of course, the mainstream media (along with former Secretary of State John Kerry and President Barack Obama) howled that Trump's action would ignite a global catastrophe. Further, he had cast aspersions on the integrity of our trusted co-signer to the deal, Iran.

A few months later, Israel validated the wisdom of President Trump's decision. Israeli agents had discovered the existence of Iran's "Atomic Archive" in a nondescript warehouse in Tehran. It was a hidden cache of information and documentation of Iran's attempts to create nuclear weapons.

So they stole it. And hauled it back to Jerusalem. And Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed it to the United Nations and the world.

The archive confirmed what we all knew, but the Obama administration ignored. Iran's leaders have been lying all the time. And by agreeing to the deal, we cleared Iran's path to nuclear weapons and, in a bizarre twist, provided substantial funding. Iran has been exposed to the world and their intentions cannot be denied.

2018 saw the continued coalescing of the three powers that the Bible predicts will someday launch an attack on Israel: Iran, Turkey, and Russia. All three now have a military presence in Syria, on Israel's northern doorstep.

China has the second largest military budget in the world. Five times greater than the United Kingdom. They are feverishly working to perfect a "railgun." Using electromagnetism rather than gunpowder or cordite to propel its projectiles, a railgun's range is significantly greater than conventional artillery. Its projectile travels at five times the speed of sound.

China is also on the cusp of having a working HD1 supersonic, anti-ship missile. It is often described as the "aircraft carrier killer."

Since the beginning of 2019, China has landed a probe on the dark side of the moon. This indicates that China is deadly serious about its space program. I say "deadly" because China's paramount purpose for its space program is to destroy US satellites. And the most powerful military machine in the world -- the US armed forces -- is dangerously dependent on its satellites.

But, as I often observe, Bible prophecy does not appear to indicate a role for the United States in the cataclysmic events leading up to Jesus Christ's return to this earth. That's why every threat to America, be it economic, moral, political, or military, must be viewed as prophetically significant.

I'll discuss all of these developments and more on this week's broadcast.

Folks, I know I say this often, but things really are heating up! If you've not been serious about getting ready to leave this world when Jesus comes back for us, don't waste another moment! No prophecies remain to be fulfilled before that day happens. He could come at any moment. Get ready!

I'll continue "2018: The Prophetic Year in Review" next week with Part Two.

Don't miss this week's Report on TBN, Daystar, CPM Network, various local stations, www.hallindsey.com or www.hischannel.com. Check your local listings.

God Bless,


Hal Lindsey
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